Furnishing first apartments…then and now

I didn’t include my first off campus apartment. My roommates and I were moving in for the summer term. I was the only one who stayed at the end of the spring term. Frankly, I’m not sure what we planned to do for furniture…but then this happened.

The guy across the hall knocked on the door. He asked if we might be interested in ALL the furniture in his apartment, and the dishes too. Since we had nothing, I said sure! Well…he and his friends moved in all their furniture that had been “appropriated” from the dorms. We had four twin beds with mattresses (we used one as a couch), dressers, desks, chairs, and even dining hall dishes and utensils.

When we left, one of the roommates took all the bedroom furniture for her first “real” apartment. I took the dishes. I think the rest was left just left there.

Honestly…I’ve wondered off and on how they appropriated all that stuff…but they were graduating and moved out and I never asked!

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